# Fractures at XPO Logistics Freight, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053694` · 5/5/2021 · ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics Freight, Inc.
- **Location:** 2345 E. Hamilton Road, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60005
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a customer with unloading a crate weighing 1300 pounds when the crate dropped from a forklift onto the employee, resulting in a broken leg and hand.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*